Across
- 2. A procedure done in a specialized area of radiology. X-ray dye called contrast is injected into blood vessels to diagnose things like narrowing (stenosis) or aneurysm.
- 6. fast heart rate
- 8. A surgical procedure in which the patient’s heart is replaced with the heart from a donor.
- 10. Do not resuscitate.
- 11. The machine records the electrical activity of the heart.
- 12. A “bulge” on one side of an artery.
- 13. A instrument to measure pressure
- 15. enlarged heart
- 16. Surgical puncture in the heart.
- 21. high blood pressure
- 23. typically appear swollen and raised, and have a bluish-purple or red color.
- 24. Intensive care unit
- 25. Heart is not efficiently pumping from the left ventricle, causing reduced blood flow.
Down
- 1. When the heart stops beating suddenly and respiration (breathing) and other body functions stop as a result.
- 3. Contains thinner walls and carry blood toward the heart.
- 4. Semilunar valve and is between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery.
- 5. chest pain
- 7. Contains thick walls and carry blood away from the heart.
- 9. Contains very thin walls so the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide as well as the exchange of nutrients can occur.
- 14. A test that uses ultrasound to look at the heart and its vessels.
- 17. emergency department
- 18. A portable ECG machine that the patient wears over a few days.
- 19. Ventricular fibrillation (VF)
- 20. an inflammation of the lining surrounding the heart
- 22. Contains four chambers, pumps blood throughout the body.